I believe a few years back the Kentucky Attorney General created a program for such
cemeteries. Check the AG's website in Kentucky and see if you can't find info
there.
If not, does someone on INPCRP remember that activity around 2000-2001? Bill Spurlock -
do you recall it?
Sue Silver
CA Saving Graves
----- Original Message -----
From: ScotStout(a)aol.com
To: INPCRP-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:03 PM
Subject: [INPCRP] preservation
hello. i joined this list about a week ago looking for some guidance. i
have a lucky but unique situation.
my distant cousins and i have just begun in the last few days to correspond
with each other concerning our ancestors' cemetery in kentucky. short history:
the earliest known burial was 1826. the cemetery contains soldiers from the
civil war, and at least one from the revolutionary war. there was a church
that owned the cemetery, but the church closed in 1868. the cemetery has been
overgrown at least since 1950. the public valuation office says nobody owns
the land. it is also not located in a town. other than tombstones being
knocked over, no vandalism has occurred to my knowledge. the cemetery is hidden in
trees, surrounded by tobacco fields. the farmer who owns the surrounding
land has piled brush in front of the entrance to keep ATVs out of it, so at least
he respects it.
my #1 question is, how do my cousins and i go about preserving this cemetery
if there is no owner, and no one can buy it?
i have looked at a few web sites, including
savinggraves.com and have found
some valuable information, but nothing pertaining to a cemetery that is without
an owner.
we're starting completely from scratch here, so any suggestions are most
welcome.
sincerely,
scot stout
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